Account book of Silas Casey, merchant and farmer, East Greenwich, R.I.

Item Information

Title:
Account book of Silas Casey, merchant and farmer, East Greenwich, R.I.
Description:
This account book documents Silas Casey's farm accounts, including payments for weaving, farm labor, tanning, leasing of livestock, and foodstuffs, and it includes memoranda, which are chiefly dates and wages for farm laborers. This account book includes information that documents both the presence of free African Americans working at Silas Casey's farm and aspects of their lives outside of their work.
Date:
1798–1813
Format:
Books
Manuscripts
Genre:
account books
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
MS008: Casey family papers
Subjects:
farming (activity or system)
labor
laborers
wages
tanning (hide processing)
weaving
livestock breeders
African Americans
Places:
Rhode Island > Kent (county) > East Greenwich
Extent:
180 pages
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/194469
Terms of Use:
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Identifier:
194469
Call #:
MS008.02.02.04.001